The undated phone recording appears to have been made before Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais' divorce from his wife, Susan, was finalized in 2001. In the undated conversation, DesJarlais tells the unidentified woman that he is concerned that she hadn't taken steps toward terminating the pregnancy.

"You told me you'd have an abortion, and now we're getting too far along without one," DesJarlais said, according to the transcript. "If we need to go to Atlanta, or whatever, to get this solved and get it over with so we can get on with our lives, then let's do it."

The DesJarlais campaign did not immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press seeking comment, but did not dispute the contests of the transcript to the Huffington Post, which first reported about its existence. But the campaign in a statement condemned its publication.

"Desperate personal attacks do not solve our nation's problems, yet it appears my opponents are choosing to once again engage in the same gutter politics that CBS news called the dirtiest in the nation just 2 years ago," the statement said.

The freshman congressman on his website espouses a platform that opposes abortion.

"All life should be cherished and protected. We are pro-life," the website says.

DesJarlais, a Jasper physician, defeated Democratic Rep. Lincoln Davis in 2010. Davis said his campaign was aware of the transcript during that race, but he wasn't able to confirm its authenticity until a recent conversation with DesJarlais' ex-wife.

"She said it was true, and she said, 'He made the recording himself and let me listen to it,'" Davis said in a phone interview. "She even went further to say that the woman who supposedly was the participant in the conversation said in (legal proceedings) that she did have an abortion."

The transcript is part of a 200-page memorandum of court records detailing DesJarlais' divorce. The author of the report is not listed.

DesJarlais faces Democratic state Sen. Eric Stewart this year.

It's not the first time DesJarlais marital problems have surfaced. The Davis campaign in 2010 ran ads highlighting allegations from court records that said DesJarlais intimidated his ex-wife with a gun, and in one instance putting it in his mouth for three hours. The judge who granted the divorce in 2001 criticized the conduct of both the husband and wife.

In the newly surfaced transcript, DesJarlais refers to the toll the marital issues had been taking on him.

"I've been going crazy," he said. "I mean, if Susan could talk to you she'd tell you that I've been psychotic for months over this.

"I don't sleep at night. I mean, it's like I'm trying to build my family back together just waiting for it to fall apart, and it's been eating me apart."

DesJarlais appears to blame the woman for becoming pregnant.

"You lied to me about something that caused us to be in this situation, and that's not my fault, that's yours," he said.